NCT06446596

Telerehabilitation-based Exercises vs Standard Home-based Exercise in Low Back Pain

Effect of the Implementation of Telerehabilitation-based Exercises Compared to the Standard Use of Exercise Dossier and Intervention Diary in a Home Therapeutic Exercise Intervention in Patients With Low Back Pain

• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 30 (estimated)
• Sponsor: University of Valencia · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The objective of the study is to compare the effect of a telerehabilitation-based exercise program, versus a home therapeutic exercise program scheduled through a dossier and an exercise diary, with respect to disability (measured using the OSWESTRY questionnaire) and other variables (range of motion, strength, fatigue, histological changes, pain, medication intake, psychosocial factors and adherence), in patients with low back pain.

Detailed description

The objective of the study is to compare the effect of a telerehabilitation-based exercise program, versus a home therapeutic exercise program scheduled through a dossier and an exercise diary, with respect to disability (measured using the OSWESTRY questionnaire) and other variables (range of motion, strength, fatigue, histological changes, pain, medication intake, psychosocial factors and adherence), in patients with low back pain. This randomized controlled trial has a parallel design, with two groups. Both groups will complete an 8-week home exercise program that includes flexibility and strength exercises. The program will be carried out with a frequency of 3 weekly sessions, preferably on alternate days. In the case of the experimental group, the program will be carried out with the support of the TRAK computer tool (https://www.trakphysio.com/es/), which allows the exercises to be carried out in front of a camera that, with the help of an artificial intelligence system, offers feedback to the participant and allows investigators/clinicians to keep a record of the sessions. In the case of the control group, the program will be carried out with the support of an information dossier of the exercises to be performed and a monitoring diary in which everything related to the sessions carried out will be noted. In both groups, as an addition to the home sessions, two face-to-face sessions will be held in the first and fifth weeks, respectively. The exercise program includes flexibility and strength exercises, each made up of three levels of difficulty (easy, intermediate and difficult), with patients advancing to subsequent levels once each level is successfully overcome.

Conditions

• Low Back Pain

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Exercise supported by the digital physiotherapy and telerehabilitation software TRAK	8 week home therapeutic exercise program that includes flexibility and strength exercises scheduled through the software a digital physiotherapy and telerehabilitation. The program will be carried out with a frequency of 3 weekly sessions, preferably on alternate days. The program will be carried out with the support of the TRAK software (https://www.trakphysio.com/es/), which allows the exercises to be carried out in front of a camera that, with the help of an artificial intelligence system, offers feedback to the participant and allows you to keep a record of the sessions. As an addition to the home sessions, two face-to-face sessions will be held in the first and fifth weeks, respectively. The exercise program includes three levels of difficulty (easy, intermediate and difficult), with patients advancing to subsequent levels once each level is successfully overcome.
OTHER	Standard home-based exercise	8 week home therapeutic exercise program that includes flexibility and strength exercises scheduled through a dossier and an exercise diary. The program will be carried out with a frequency of 3 weekly sessions, preferably on alternate days. The program will be carried out with the support of an information dossier of the exercises to be performed and a monitoring diary in which everything related to the sessions carried out will be noted.. As an addition to the home sessions, two face-to-face sessions will be held in the first and fifth weeks, respectively. The exercise program includes three levels of difficulty (easy, intermediate and difficult), with patients advancing to subsequent levels once each level is successfully overcome.

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-11-04
• Primary completion: 2025-12-01
• Completion: 2025-12-01
• First posted: 2024-06-06
• Last updated: 2025-07-08

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Spain